Annals of Iowa

Subscribe to the Annals of Iowa, a thought-provoking history journal that will satisfy even the most serious explorer of Iowa's past. Published quarterly, the Annals of Iowa examines the deeds, misdeeds, and accomplishments of our predecessors and shows you how those actions fit into the larger mosaic of Iowa's past.

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Table of ContentsThird Series, Vol. 76, No. 4, Fall 2017

Home Away from Home: The Camp Dodger Newspaper and the Promotion of Troop Morale, 1917-1919By Matthew Lindaman

Matthew Lindaman, who chairs the Department of History at Winona State University, analyzes the Camp Dodger, the camp news-paper for Camp Dodge, a regional training center for the U.S. Army during World War I in Johnston, Iowa. He shows how the paper linked the soldiers and their civilian families and fostered the re-establishment of social ties for the soldiers.

Nathaniel Otjen, a doctoral student in Environmental Sci¬ences, Studies, and Policy at the Univer¬sity of Oregon, describes the process of creating a barrio in Iowa City for Mexican laborers on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad between 1916 and 1936. He shows how the formation of the barrio reflected the intersecting interests of the railroad company, the Euro-American residents of Iowa City, and the Mexican workers themselves.

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